ваўкаўё

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• vaŭkaŭjo — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Cognate to Russian волковьё (volkovʹjó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vau̯kau̯ˈjo]

Noun

ваўкаўё • (vaŭkaŭjó) n inan (genitive ваўкаўя́, uncountable) (collective)

1. wolves

   Synonym: ваўкі́ pl (vaŭkí)

2. (colloquial, figurative) wild animals

   Synonym: звяр'ё (zvjarʺjó)

Declension

Declension of ваўкаўё (inan sg-only soft neut-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	ваўкаўё vaŭkaŭjó
genitive	ваўкаўя́ vaŭkaŭjá
dative	ваўкаўю́ vaŭkaŭjú
accusative	ваўкаўё vaŭkaŭjó
instrumental	ваўкаўём vaŭkaŭjóm
locative	ваўкаўі́ vaŭkaŭí

References

• “ваўкаўё” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “ваўкаўё”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)